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Originally Posted by adamuptownsj
What's with the total lack of trees in new NB subdivisions anyway? I'm no tree-hugger but they're often desolate. Are homeowners afraid of trees on their properties now? Even older working-class neighbourhoods are pretty tree heavy compared to new middle-class areas.
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Several large impending developments on Dieppe Blvd were completely gutted of trees last year in order to get ahead of a new civic bylaw dealing with protection of mature trees on residential lots that was enacted. The new rules are pretty restrictive, therefore developers did the logical thing by removing all trees before the legislation was enacted, thus eliminating the problem, at least in the short to medium term.
Yet another example of well meaning legislation having unintended consequences.